Respected Readers! Here, I am going to present a little discourse related to the heart and mind so that the heart and mind of the cursed Waseem Rizvi can be set right. “Qalb” which is otherwise known as heart has its location in the breasts.

It’s mentioned in the holy Qur’an in Surah No 22, Verse No 46 that

فانھا لا تعمی الابصار ولکن تعمی القلوب التی فی الصدور۔

Translation: “For indeed it is not the eyes that are blinded; it is rather the hearts in the breasts that are rendered blind”

The holy Qur’an shows that the placement of the heart is in the breasts. It is mentioned in Musnade Ahmed that Prophet Muhammad (Peace & blessings be on him) said: While saying that ‘Taqwa’

(God-consciousness) lies here; he pointed it towards the heart. It is stated in the holy Qur’an FATAKUN LAHUM (Surah No 22, Verse No 46)

Translation: “They have the hearts by which to reason”

The holy Qur’an says: LAHUM QULUB… (Surah A’araaf, Verse 179)

Translation: “They have hearts with which they fail to understand”.

Hence, the holy Qur’an has clearly mentioned that ‘Imaan’ lies in the heart and not in the mind.

The holy Qur’an says:

وقولوا اسلمنا ولما یدخل الایمان فی قلوبکم۔

(Surah Al-Hujraat, Verse No 14)

Translation: “And say, ‘We have submitted,’ for faith has not yet entered your hearts”.

The devil whispers in the heart of a man.

The holy Qur’an says: AL LADHI YUVASVISU. (Surah Naas No 114, Verse No 5).

Translation: “Who whispers into the hearts of humankind”.

The temptations of humankind and heart are also in the heart. The soul lies centrally in the heart of humankind; and not in the mind. The physical existence of humankind also directly concerns with the movement of the heart. If the heart is working, a man is alive; and if it ceases to function, a man dies. Hence, it is never possible that a man remains alive though his heart is extracted from the breast. The passions of humankind lie in the heart. As an eye functions to sight something and an ear functions to listen to something, similarly a heart functions for affection and hatred, it functions for goodness and evils. A man is good or bad by heart.

Imam Baihaki writes in Shoa’bul Imaan that:

’’فی الانسان مغضۃ اذا صلحت صلح لہ سائر جسدہ واذا سقمت سقم لہ سائر جسدہ وھی القلب۔‘‘

Translation: Prophet Muhammad (Peace & blessings be on him) said: There is a piece of flesh in the body, if that flesh is edified, then all the parts of body will get edified by itself; and if it is wicked, then the evils are generated through all parts of body: and that part is a heart”.

A mind functions for devilish thoughts; whereas nothing but heart functions for intellectual, moral and ethical thoughts. For instance, even if you drink milk to a snake for years altogether, it would definitely sting you as and when it would find an opportunity to bite because its way of thinking is devilish. Similarly, even if you feed and entertain a lion, it would definitely attack a man as and when it would find an opportunity to attack. On the contrary, humankind has both the elements. If a man thinks devilish by his mind, he would turn out to be more cruel than a devil; on the contrary if he thinks intellectually and morally by heart, he establishes a landmark achievement fertile for the community and society.

Respected Readers! I think, now this point of perception must have got fixed in the mind of the cursed Waseem Rizvi that the ‘Imaan’ lies in the heart and not in the mind at all. After narrating the event of ‘Mea’raaj’

(Ascension) in detail in his book, the cursed Waseem Rizvi writes that those who had professed Islam prior to the event of ‘Mea’raaj’ (Ascension) turned Apostate. In fact, he wants to assert his point that they turned Apostate even subsequent to accepting Islam after the event of ‘Mea’raaj (Ascension).